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Italian Porcelain: With a note on Buen Retiro
by Lane, Arthur
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good Condition (ex-library)/No Dust Jacket
- Seller
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melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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About This Item
Faber & Faber, London, 1954. First Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Good Condition (ex-library)/No Dust Jacket. Illustrator: Photographic. Foreword by author, list of plates, acknowledgements, introduction by author, marks, select bibliography and index. Colour photographic frontispiece, showing a Teapot from Venice approximately 1720-27. The text is illustrated with 95 pages of black-and-white photographs – at the rear of the book. Bright green coloured cloth covered boards dark red coloured insert to the back strip and within the insert and to the back strip gilt coloured titles. A look at Italian porcelain in the 18th century. This book is an ex-library book and has the faults of same: – numerous library stamps are present, but have been covered over using a black coloured marker, including the top and rear text block edges. Remnants of tape can be seen to the endpages and there is softening and rubbing of the back strip edges and rubbing of the book corners. Age toning of the text block edges and pages. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. [6], VII - XVI, 79, [1], [96 – of which 94 are black-and-white photographs] pages,. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Illustrator: Photographic. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Antiques & Collectibles; Porcelain; France; 18th century; Inventory No: 0123936. .
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Details
- Seller
- Syber's Books ABN 40533682787
(AU)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 0123936
- Title
- Italian Porcelain: With a note on Buen Retiro
- Author
- Lane, Arthur
- Illustrator
- Photographic
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover (Original Cloth)
- Book Condition
- Used - Good Condition (ex-library)
- Jacket Condition
- No Dust Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1954
- Keywords
- BZDB2 Porcelain, Italian, 18th-century, ceramics, history Antiques & Collectibles; Porcelain; France; 18th century; Photographic Unbranded Lane, Arthur Italian Porcelain: With a note on Buen Retiro
- Bookseller catalogs
- Porcelain;
Terms of Sale
Syber's Books ABN 40533682787
transaction in Australian $'s for checks and money orders.If the book is not as described, return within 14 days, for a refund of the cost of the book.
We are registered for GST and goods sold to an Australian delivery address will include GST. Our ABN 15 100 960 047
About the Seller
Syber's Books ABN 40533682787
Biblio member since 2005
melbourne, Victoria
About Syber's Books ABN 40533682787
General secondhand dealers, with 3 cats.We have two shops, 227 Glenferrie Rd Malvern 3144, Victoria 03 9530 2222 ( open 7 days Midday 'til 5.30 PM)And the other at 666 Glen Huntly Road Caulfield South 03 9523 666 open 11:00 am - 5.00 pm-ish the other 6 days. We seem to specialize in non mainstream stuff but read and stock Science-fiction, fantasy, detective fiction, history, biography and true crime, war, natural history. cooking, children's books and try to avoid current text books.We probably have the largest collection of Science Fiction, Penguins and general crime in Victoria in an open shop ( David has 8 bookcases 900mm x 2200mm of sf and f) ( Penny has 8 bookcases 1200mm x 2400 of sf and f )On shelf each shop has 30,000 plus books and we list over 30000 books online
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